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While Flores was not convicted in that case, Stern can testify in the punishment phase of his drug trial that she believes Flores shot her.

Flores' drug conviction Thursday is the latest in a saga that has captivated Houston because Yvonne Stern, who found out about her husband's affair and alleged involvement in three separate plots after the shooting, is standing by him.

Confrontation at SUV

Yvonne Stern has said Jeffrey Stern had nothing to do with the attempts on her life, and believes instead that the couple was targeted by her husband's mistress, Michelle Gaiser.

Gaiser has testified she hired a middleman to hire hitmen to kill Yvonne Stern. She is also expected to testify that Jeffrey Stern masterminded the entire scheme when he goes to trial for solicitation of capital murder in July.

In court Thursday, Yvonne Stern testified Flores confronted her as she walked to her SUV, and when she saw a gun she ran to the vehicle and was able to get in the driver's seat.

She said Flores was wearing mirrored aviator sunglasses and a black jacket when he shouted at her to give him money and not start the car. She said she held her purse upside down to show that she had no money.

Attorney cries foul

She said her assailant started to walk away, then turned "smirked and bit his lip" and shot her through the window, hitting her in the abdomen.

Stern said she played dead and watched the man get in a car and slowly drive away.

She then drove herself to a nearby gas station where she collapsed after saying another man, a subcontractor who worked at her home, had shot her.

That man, authorities said, had an alibi and Flores was later accused.

Eric Davis, Flores' attorney, said it was not fair for prosecutors to bring in an alleged crime as a "bad act."

"That was a case they couldn't make," Davis said. "I don't think it should have come in."